Rote rote bahal gai kaise

Bekal Utsaahi (real name Mohammad Shafi Khan) is a well know poet with deep roots in Hindi heartland. His geets reflects the concerns of farmers and rural folks. He wrote some gazals also though his forte remained geets as the last two lines of the gazal below convey. The poet was awarded Padmshree by the Government of India in 1946 and also served as a member of Rajya Sabha. Read also a more typical of his poems “Ram jane kab barsega paani” on Geeta-Kavita. Rajiv Krishna SaxenaKeywords: Bekal Utsaahi, Change, how, seasons, gazal, rural India